Industry Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Industry Segments

Industry Segments

11. Industry Segments

Occidental conducts its operations through three segments: (1) oil and gas; (2) chemical; and (3) midstream, marketing and other (midstream and marketing).  The oil and gas segment explores for, develops and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids (NGL), and natural gas.  The chemical segment mainly manufactures and markets basic chemicals and vinyls.  The midstream and marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases and markets oil, condensate, NGLs, natural gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) and power.  It also trades around its assets, including transportation and storage capacity, and trades oil, NGLs, gas and other commodities.  The segment also invests in entities that conduct similar activities.

Earnings of industry segments generally exclude income taxes, interest income, interest expense, environmental remediation expenses, unallocated corporate expenses and discontinued operations, but include gains and losses from dispositions of segment assets and income from the segment equity investments.  Intersegment sales eliminate upon consolidation and are generally made at prices approximating those that the selling entity would be able to obtain in third-party transactions.

The following tables present Occidental’s industry segment and corporate disclosures (in millions):

	Oil and Gas		Chemical		Midstream and Marketing		Corporate and Eliminations			Total
Three months ended March 31, 2013
Net sales	$	4,440	$	1,175	$	453	$	(196	)	$	5,872
Pretax operating profit (loss)	$	1,920	$	159	$	215	$	(91	)(a)	$	2,203
Income taxes	—		—		—		(844		)(b)	(844		)
Discontinued operations, net	—		—		—		(4		)	(4		)
Net income (loss)	$	1,920	$	159	$	215	$	(939	)	$	1,355
Three months ended March 31, 2012
Net sales	$	4,902	$	1,148	$	393	$	(175	)	$	6,268
Pretax operating profit (loss)	$	2,504	$	184	$	131	$	(120	)(a)	$	2,699
Income taxes	—		—		—		(1,139		)(b)	(1,139		)
Discontinued operations, net	—		—		—		(1		)	(1		)
Net income (loss)	$	2,504	$	184	$	131	$	(1,260	)	$	1,559

(a) Includes unallocated net interest expense, administration expense, environmental remediation and other pre-tax items.

(b) Includes all foreign and domestic income taxes from continuing operations.